dried ears

I have an coyote that I took out of the freezer to work on. Everything was fine except I guess I kept it in the freezer too long. I was usable to split the the ears because they were dried out. When I salted the hide I put salt into the ears as best I could from both hide and hair side hoping to keep these from slipping. Will this work? Or should I expect to loose the hair off the ears. Thanks for the help.